Legendary January — Step Challenge and Resolutions

[Baltoscott]

Welcome to 2020. It is a new year, a new decade, and time to do something new, something legendary; or ... maybe just get another monthly challenge underway 😉 So try out something new ,,, a diet or exercise change, less drinking or smoking, going to bed earlier, learn a new skill … But in this case, commit for just a month and see how it goes.  You can do anything for a month, and if it still makes sense on January 31, try to make it ordinary come February. Or adapt it a bit.                         

How It Works

The primary purpose of these monthly challenges is to keep track of your daily step goals for the month; though many of us track other things as well, like body weight exercises, sleep, trips to the gym, logging food, etc. This is not a competition to see who can do the most of whatever, instead it is a challenge to measure your consistency. So whether you do 1k, 5k, 10k or even 40k steps a day, this is measuring how many days out of the monthly total you can hit your goal.

Some might have a constant goal of 10k steps every single day and others might have a variable goal throughout the week, (and some might even plan days off!) for example.
Monday -> Friday = 10k steps a day
Sat & Sun = “6k steps a day,” or “not tracking”

Regardless of how you structure your daily goals, the only thing that matters for the monthly challenge is whether or not you reach what you set out to do.

Suggested Posting Format    
1) Post either your constant or variable step goal.
2) Keep track of the # of daily goals achieved out of the monthly minimum and or monthly total

Picture Scavenger Hunt — 3 pictures

The idea of a monthly picture scavenger hunt started a couple of years ago as a way to get people into the great outside to show off where they live. We’ve done oldest buildings, funny street or business signs, sewer covers, holiday decorations, theatre marquees,  animals ….

The theme this month?  It is an old favorite for me; street art or hidden pictures.  Street art is any graffiti you come across and any art designed into or built into architecture.  Hidden pictures are designs in nature that might be there on purpose (someone carved something into or hung something on a tree) or might be something you see in a natural formation (a shoulder or face in a mountain).

Posting

Although you certainly don’t have to post daily, you’ll likely stay closer to what you set out to do by updating the thread several times/week

Injury Notice
If you injure yourself during the month and need to scale back due to the injury, then all you have to do is adjust your goal for that period. If you normally do 10k steps a day but pull a hamstring and decide to do minimal walking (2k steps a day), then all you have to do is change your goal.

[gracegirl050]

Thanks for the warm welcome Legendary and Wendy! It'll take me a minute to figure out how to use the boards but I'll get the hang of it soon. Looking forward to 2020 with you all:) 

[WendyB]

Legendary January Day 11

Steps: Goal 10000: 11/31

Boxing: 11/31

Bike 2 times : 11/31

Weights DVD 18 Days: 5/31

DVD Has Weights, Balance, Cardio: 11/31

Wall Push Up/Counter push ups ::11/31

Leg Exercises: 11/31

250 Steps per hour : 11/31

Log food daily : 11/31

Scavenger Hunt Photos : 1/3

Lose 3-5 Pounds: 0/1

[Baltoscott]

Legendary January Day 11

15K steps/day		10/31
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		11/31
15 weight-lifting days		4/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6+ hours 17 days or more during the month		6/17
3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day		11/31
Dry (mostly) January - 25 days or more		10/25
Lose 2 lbs (Started 11/1 at 163.7 lbs; 12/29 at 162.8 lbs.)	1/5	162.9

Biked downtown to get some scavenger pics this morning. 

Some of our home decorations for the gameRaven's logo on Federal Hill over the harborBike rack art + my bikeBike ArtAnother constellation, but what?Leo constellation at community garden

[WendyB]

Great Pictures @Baltoscott 

[Heidi_S_B]

Day 11  😊

1. 15000 steps 20 days             9 /20 days
2. 20000 steps  4 days              1  / 4 days 
3. 10000 steps  6 days             1 / 6 days
4. Yoga twice a week               5 / 8 times
5. Picture scavenger hunt           / 3 pictures

I liked your pictures @Baltoscott , @NellyG .

Have to get out to find my own pictures..... or at least get some over from my phone.... 🙂

[SunsetRunner]

Couldn’t reach my goals yesterday (11. Jan), but I did get the freezer defrosted, oven cleaned (had to repeat some spots a second time), did the ironing, booked travel to Edinburgh for mini reunion with friends in May. Today I’ll get on track again ... stay tuned!

I’d also like to welcome the newbies to our group. Hope everyone is well. I’m glad you also liked the painting @NellyG. Your pics are great @Baltoscott. 

Here’s wishing everyone a fine Sunday.

[NellyG]

Love the pictures @Baltoscott , especially the bike racks!

12 January 

10,000 steps a day for 20 days                                   12/20

12 days over 12,000                                                      9/12

10 days over 15,000 steps                                             5/10          

3 days over 20,000 steps                                               1/3

6 lunges a day for 20 days                                             11/20    NEW!

Swim 2x per week                                                           3/8                                                 

8 bike rides or strenuous walks per month                 3/8              

3 Scavenger Hunt pics                                                     3/3

[SunsetRunner]

Legendary January - Day 12

10,000+ steps: 8/20 days

15,000+ steps: 2/5 days

20,000+ steps: 0/3 days
Exercises & weights: 10/20 days

2-minute planks: 6/20 days

40 Jumping Jacks: 10/20 days

Eat 1 piece of fruit: 9/15 days
Blue (no alcohol): 5/15 days

Scavenger Hunt Pics: 1/3 pics

[benvegi]

January  goals 20k steps per day, 25 floors, 3x a week for weights/yoga

Geezzz, behind posting again! Weather has been great for January, highs in the 50's and 60's! 

Jan 1 steps 24,802, floors 23

1/2 steps 23,624, floors 43

1/3 steps 25,683, floors 34

1/4 steps 28,197, floors 23

1/5 steps 28,340, floors 28

1/6 steps 21,120, floors 25

1/7 steps 26,211, floors 34

1/8 steps 29,597, floors 26

1/9 steps 26,269, floors 29

1/10 floors 26,890, floors 22

1/11 floors 29,927, floors 26

weights & yoga 2/12

Bought a new car on Jan 2nd to replace the one that was totaled. Char doing some PT to ease the pain in neck, shoulder, side. She is doing much better.

[Baltoscott]

Legendary January Day 11

15K steps/day		11/31
10 pushup + shoulder extension /day		12/31
15 weight-lifting days		5/15
post 3 scavenger pics		3/3
Sleep 6+ hours 17 days or more during the month		7/17
3 pull-up + 1min bar-hang /day		12/31
Dry (mostly) January - 25 days or more		11/25
Lose 2 lbs (Started 11/1 at 163.7 lbs; 12/29 at 162.8 lbs.)	1/12	162.2

Down 0.6 lbs for the month, and 1.5 lbs since I added weight loss to the monthly goals in November.

[BMANintheUP]

2020 - January Goals - Day 12

Starting Jan 1st with 3,000 Steps every day. Then increasing by 250 steps each week for a monthly increase of 1,000 steps.

This week's Step Goal is 3,250 - 12/31

Double my step goal 9 days of the month. 4/9  Jan 12th 7454!

Triple my step goal 1 day every month.  1/31 Jan 6th -9162 Steps!  

Additional goals to help me achieve my overall yearly goals.

Play outside every day  12/31  

Play tug with my pupper for 10 minutes every other day. 6/15

Plank for 1 minute every other day 3/15 (I'm starting to get back in this habit!)

Track food and water every day in my FitBit App.  0/31 But I'm dropping this one.  I think it would be beneficial for me to track right now, but with my chronic migraines the added screen time and mental ability to track just isn't going to happen.  So I'm going to remove it for a bit.

Along with Be Positive, Be Kind to Myself, and Be Kind to Others! 12/31

Anything that might be considered art that is out and about in my adventures would be covered in snow right now.  So I'll post some nature picts from this week that were beautiful to me!  Of course there is always dogs with me!

Hiking before the sun goes down.Playing ball on the lake.The other direction on the lake.Isis and her version of a snow angel.Cam taking a break from running in the field.Talia hiding from Cam on the woodpile.

[SunsetRunner]

I hit my 10k steps this month

[CatLover74]

 

 

 

  

Some street art pics from my NSW holiday.

 

 

  

[CatLover74]

Legendary January 1

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  -/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  1/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  1/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  1/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  -/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 2

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  1/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  2/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  2/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  2/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  2/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  -/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 3

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  2/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  3/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  3/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  3/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  1/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 4

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  2/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  4/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  4/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  4/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  4/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[CatLover74]

Legendary January 5

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  -/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  5/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  5/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  5/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  5/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 6

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  6/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  6/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  6/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  5/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 7

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  2/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  7/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  7/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  7/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  6/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 8

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  3/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  8/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  8/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  7/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  7/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[CatLover74]

Legendary January 9

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  4/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  1/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  9/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  9/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  8/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  8/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 10

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  4/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  2/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  10/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  10/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  9/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  9/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 11

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  5/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  2/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  11/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  11/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  11/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  9/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  2/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

Legendary January 12

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  4/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  5/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  2/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  12/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  11/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  11/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  10/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  3/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[CatLover74]

Legendary January 13

5,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  4/5.

10,000 steps on 20 days a month  -  5/20.

15,000 steps on 5 days a month  -  3/5.

Eat 1 piece of fruit per day  -  13/30.

10 wall squats on 25 days a month  -  12/25.

10 wall pushups on 25 days a month  -  11/25.

7 hours sleep on 20 days a month  -  10/20.

Single-use plastic free on 15 days a month  -  4/15.

Lose 1kg  -  (Start Weight:-  75.7kg). -  CW:-  75.56kg (0.05kg gain).

Scavenger hunt photos.

[SteppingBooks]

Legendary January 10-12:

15k Steps/Day: 10/31

600 Calorie Deficiency/Day: 08/31

15 Squats/Day: 12/31

IF 4x/Week:— /4

Yoga 1x/Week: —/4

Weights 2x/Week: 02/8

[Heather-S]

Legendary January - Day 12 Results

13,000 Steps: 5/31

15,000 Steps: 2/5

20,000 Steps: 1/3

Go to the gym: 0/9

Lose 2lbs: 5/2

I'm finally feeling better!  I was able to do over 13K steps three days in a row.  Today I'm aiming for 15K.

@Baltoscott Yes, I have lost 5lbs due to no appetite.  I'm finally starting to get it back, but am sticking with mostly bland and easy to digest foods.  My nose is still really congested and my cough sounds terrible, but my energy levels have returned, so I'm happy!

[Baltoscott]

I’ve got one for you @CatLover74